2007 Lotus Exige S

[Halon]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-DC-CAR-A...-/220798190787

[asshanson]

Originally Posted by Halon

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-DC-CAR-A...-/220798190787

If only I had a cigarette lighter power source in the car...

[turbotalon1g]

This car is soo badass, it's nutty how comfy it is.

I want one with a bigger blower on E85, it would be a 10 sec car and have insane handling.

[asshanson]

I had the dash apart to install gauges in the center vents, and I remembered the SRS dash light was bothering me, so I pulled out that pin from the dash harness, no more airbag light! (next to battery)


But here is the real reason I took apart the dash, to install an oil temp gauge I got from Nate (thanks again!). The center part is exactly 52mm so gauges fit perfectly without any cutting.


Now I have to decide if I want white or black. I originally decided on black, but I think in the car the white with silver bezel looks better.

[tehehodi]

White with black bezel? Looking good though!

[scheides]

white gauge, matchy-matchy.

[4seasons69]

Originally Posted by asshanson

If only I had a cigarette lighter power source in the car...

You could always wire one in

I like the white gauge. It just seems more natural with the other gauges being white

[turbotalon1g]

White, i love that old school white face look.

[asshanson]

Vanilla face oil temp gauge installed, works nice.
Got the car weighed, 1900 lbs with the big battery and harnesses/bar installed. Race weight will probably be in the 1860 range if I take off the roof and have the small battery.

I also got some stainless steel caliper pistons, the heat transfer on these is about 5% of the stock aluminum pistons, which equals lower brake fluid temps and fewer changes. They are also vented.
New pistons:


Installed:


Old ones:


Brakes were really spongy after that so I bled the entire clutch/brake system with super blue. Excited to see how it drives tomorrow, hopefully I got all the air out.

[LingLing]

1900 lbs is wicked light! I can't even imagine how well this thing turns and brakes.

Out of curiosity, what kind of pads are you going to replace them with?

[asshanson]

Still using the Pagid RS14 the car came with, they have a lot of life left so I probably won't change them until next year.

[TkrPerformance]

Very nice.

[turbotalon1g]

:drool:

[Super Bleeder!!]

Awesome. I've never heard of non-oem brake pistons, but your explanation makes sense. Very cool!

[JET]

That is awesome! Can't wait to see it on a course sometime. I have always loved those cars.

[asshanson]

Thanks everyone for the positive comments, I'm excited to see how I can do with a fully prepped car, the only thing left is driver mod which I hope to improve a little this year.

Originally Posted by Super Bleeder!!

Awesome. I've never heard of non-oem brake pistons, but your explanation makes sense. Very cool!

Yea, Doug Rippie (in Minneapolis) also makes SS caliper pistons for vettes, I have read many reviews that say you can use the cheap ATE fluid with these over the Castrol SRF so it saves money in the long run for cars that see the track a lot. Two less fluid changes and you break even basically.

[asshanson]

New Bosch EV-14 525cc injectors installed with adapter harnesses:


Also doing a 3" maf and CAI:


When I was bleeding the clutch I noticed the slave cylinder moved a bit and I discovered it was only being held in with 1 of the 2 bolts. I thought the previous owner broke the head off of one and said screw it, but it was completely missing. Found a matching one in my box of bolts, glad I caught that.

Car is all buttoned up and ready to drive down to KC friday for a dyno tune. Will post results after this weekend.

[turbotalon1g]

EFF YEAH!!

[rose0529]

Very nice. What are you expecting for it to put down power wise? What kind of dyno?

I really want a ride in this somehow! Maybe this summer when we are down in Iowa?

[Murlo26]

Looking good mang, can't wait to see this thing in action.